Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom by Steve Lohr

Let's take a closer look at this recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education.
The 93-page report ultimately concludes that "on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instructions."

Steve Lohr of the New York Times summarizes the results.

The report examined the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008. Some of it was in K-12 settings, but most of the comparative studies were done in colleges and adult continuing-education programs of various kinds, from medical training to the military.
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93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education (PDF).

Source: Steve Lohr of the New York Times